Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation (2008) / Chapter Skim
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The Need to Manage Services The goals of most airport operators include providing the traveling public with safe, convenient, and efficient access to all airport facilities and encouraging the use of public transportation by airline passengers and employees in a manner that is consistent with other goals of the airport and the community it serves. To accomplish these goals, airport managers typically seek to manage and control public transportation and commercial ground transportation services operating at the airport to the extent permitted by local, state, and federal laws.
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Typically, commercial vehicle operators are required to obtain an airport permit in order to do business at the airport. By obtaining and signing the airport permit, the commercial vehicle operator indicates its willingness to abide by the rules and regulations established by airport management, and pay certain specified fees.
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Airport managers can help enhance transit operations and service by working with public transit operators to allocate the required space at a mutually convenient location, while recognizing the trade-offs between encouraging the use of public transportation and promoting the efficient use of curb space. Currently, activities occurring within 300 feet of the air terminal are limited for security reasons; such a transit center would logically be located further from the terminal building.
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Common AVI system applications at airports include monitoring commercial vehicle activity, controlling access to restricted areas, dispatching/ controlling shuttle bus and taxi operations, and providing shuttle bus passengers with arrival time and stop location information. AVI systems can allow airport managers to promote the efficient use of airport facilities by establishing the following: • Restrictions on number of trips -- The AVI system can record the number of trips each ground transportation operator makes so that airport management can set limits on hourly, daily, and/or monthly trips.
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and identify vehicles that exceed prescribed limits. • Restrictions on the number of circuits -- Airports can set restrictions on the maximum number of permitted circuits that a commercial vehicle can make around the airport roadway system within an established time period.
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the airport as warranted. 158 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation
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• Closing the entrance to the hold lot -- This action effectively closes the airport to commercial vehicle operators and prevents additional vehicles (e.g., taxis) from entering the airport.
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At airports that have planned GTCs, management has agreed to allow taxis to drop off and pick up customers at the terminal building curbside. 160 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation
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The authorizing legislation may specify facilities, such as airport access roads, that the airport operator is responsible for developing, maintaining, or both. Bond Indenture The bond indenture -- also called a bond resolution or bond ordinance -- provides the legal basis for issuing airport revenue bonds and defines the terms under which additional bonds Managing the Airport Landside System 161
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Some airports, however, are not governed by such agreements; instead, rates are established by ordinance or regulation. In those instances, the airport operator typically adopts a policy for calculating user rentals, fees, and charges and applies those procedures consistently from year to 162 Ground Access to Major Airports by Public Transportation SOURCE: Jacobs Consultancy.
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AIP grants accounted for 21%; PFCs accounted for 11%; and retained earnings and local revenue accounted for 10% of the total. Managing the Airport Landside System 163
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Any section of the roadway that does not exclusively serve airport traffic is ineligible. More than one access road is eligible if the airport surface traffic is of sufficient volume to require more than one road.
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Ground Access Capital Costs. Airport revenue may be used for the capital costs of an airport ground access project or for the part of a local facility that is owned or operated by the airport owner or operator and is designed exclusively for the use of air transportation of Managing the Airport Landside System 165
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Airport revenue may also be used to pay the operating costs of an airport ground access project that can be considered an airport capital project or, as is the case for capital costs, the operating costs of the part of a local facility that is owned or operated by the airport owner or operator and is directly and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or property. Allowing airport revenues to be used to pay the operating costs of a ground access project represents a change in FAA policy.
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